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1951 Business Week 22 Sept. 152/2 (heading) ‘Thin Ice’ for S & L's.

1967 Economist 25 Mar. 1145/2 Some Californian S & Ls suffered near runs on their accounts as savers began to doubt their solvency.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 7/1 The result is that institutions that finance a large volume of home purchases, as S&Ls do, may not be able to afford to be as generous on longer-term deposit rates.